The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were. / A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.

by Nostradamus

VII.

French.

Qui ouvrira le Monument trouvé,

Et ne viendra le serrer promptement,

Mal luy viendra & ne poura prouvé,

Si mieux doibt estre Roy Breton ou Normand.

English.

He that shall open the Sepulchre found,

And shall not close it up again presently,

Evil will befall him, and he shall not be able to prove

Whether is best a Britain or Norman King.

ANNOT.

The sense of this is perspicuous.